toddy
noun/ˈtɒdi/
/ˈtɑːdi/
[countable, uncountable] (plural toddies)
- a drink made with strong alcohol, sugar, hot water and sometimes spicesWord Originearly 17th cent. (originally referring to the naturally alcoholic sap of some kinds of palm, drunk in tropical countries): from Marathi (a language spoken in the western Indian state of Maharashtra) tāḍī, Hindi tāṛī, from Sanskrit tād̲ī ‘palmyra’ (a type of palm tree).
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